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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 659 · 40 questions
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The trick (Cross zero): Warmer or more money: move up the number line. Colder or spending: move down. Crossing zero: count the steps to 0 first, then the steps left over. The gap between a number below zero and one above zero: add the two distances from 0.

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  1. 1.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 20 (d) −2
  2. 2.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −13
  3. 3.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −45 (b) −35 (c) 45 (d) 63
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) 3
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  6. 6.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  7. 7.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) 21
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 11 (c) 29 (d) 39
  10. 10.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) 57
  11. 11.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 35 (d) 3
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 30
  13. 13.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −37 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) 59
  14. 14.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) 0
  15. 15.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 10 (d) 14
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −36 (c) 32 (d) 36
  17. 17.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 16
  18. 18.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 20 (c) −14 (d) 14
  19. 19.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  20. 20.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 34 (d) 44
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  22. 22.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 42 (c) 22 (d) −12
  23. 23.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) −4
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 48 (c) 38 (d) −38
  25. 25.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  26. 26.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 16 (c) −18 (d) 28
  28. 28.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 35 (c) −11 (d) −21
  29. 29.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) −39 (c) 49 (d) 17
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 17
  32. 32.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) −26 (d) 66
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 15
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) −28
  35. 35.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  36. 36.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  37. 37.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 17
  38. 38.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  39. 39.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 62
  40. 40.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 6

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. −13
  3. −45
  4. 19
  5. 8
  6. −1
  7. −8
  8. 25
  9. 29
  10. 23
  11. −3
  12. 30
  13. −37
  14. 0
  15. 4
  16. 36
  17. 6
  18. 14
  19. −7
  20. 24
  21. −2
  22. 12
  23. −4
  24. 38
  25. −4
  26. −1
  27. 18
  28. −21
  29. −6
  30. 39
  31. 17
  32. −26
  33. 19
  34. 28
  35. 2
  36. 3
  37. −17
  38. 10
  39. −4
  40. −16

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